Boutique Recruiting

What Boutique Recruiting does

Boutique Recruiting (legal entity San Diego Pro Staffing, Inc., DBA BTQ) is a privately held, founder-owned executive search and staffing firm founded in 2014 in San Diego by Innesa Burrola. The company provides contingent direct-hire recruiting, retained executive search, temporary and contract staffing (through its EZ Temps division), interim and fractional hiring, and leadership advisory services across 20+ industry verticals including accounting and finance, construction and industrial, biotech and healthcare, legal, executive leadership, private equity and venture capital, sales and marketing, technology, real estate, and hospitality. Its core proposition is access to passive candidates — professionals not actively job-seeking — with more than 60% of placements sourced from the 70-80% of the workforce that AI-driven sourcing tools cannot reach, supported by a deep intake consultation process and dedicated vertical-specialized recruiters.

The company's underlying "technology" is a hybrid model combining traditional face-to-face headhunting with digital sourcing tools, branded as the trademarked Boutique Recruiting Process™. Operational infrastructure includes a Salesforce-based CRM (with two dedicated Salesforce Administrators), a public-facing job board at jobs.boutiquerecruiting.com, dedicated SEO-optimized landing pages per vertical, a 2026 Salary Guide built on 5,000+ internally reviewed placements, and a multi-channel content marketing engine. The firm explicitly positions against pure AI/algorithmic recruiting, emphasizing human curation and cultural fit assessment over automated matching.

Revenue is generated through transaction-based fees: contingency placement fees (typically a percentage of first-year salary, paid only on successful hire with a 90-day guarantee and zero upfront cost), premium retained search fees for executive and confidential engagements, hourly/margin-based fees from the EZ Temps temporary staffing division, and professional services fees for leadership advisory. The company has completed over 14,000 placements across more than 7,500 clients with a 93% fill rate and an 8-10 day average time-to-fill versus an industry average of 42-63 days, operating exclusively in B2B across the US and Canada with all demand captured through direct sales, website inquiry forms, and referral channels.

Name

Boutique Recruiting

Legal name

San Diego Pro Staffing, Inc.

Website

https://boutiquerecruiting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Boutique Recruiting is a privately held, founder-owned executive search and staffing firm providing contingency direct-hire, retained search, temporary/contract staffing (EZ Temps), and interim/fractional hiring services to mid-market and enterprise clients across 20+ industry verticals in the US and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search & Professional Staffing Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Consumer & Retail Leadership Search (BPACAAAG), Administrative, Clerical & Office Support Direct Hire (BPACAFAF), Sales, Marketing & Customer Success Direct Hire (BPACAFAD)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Direct hire staffing
• Temporary contract staffing
• Passive candidate headhunting
• Accounting finance recruiting

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Contingent Search / Direct Hire Placement: Primary revenue stream. Employers pay a placement fee only upon successful hire. No upfront costs or engagement fees. Fee structure is typically a percentage of the placed candidate's first-year salary. Covers direct hire and permanent placement across all professional levels.
2. Retained Search / Executive Search: Premium engagement model for executive, senior leadership, confidential, and highly specialized roles. Involves a dedicated search process with upfront commitment and priority attention. Provides deeper market mapping and intensive partnership from start to finish. Generates higher per-engagement revenue due to exclusivity and depth of search.
3. Temporary & Contract Staffing: Short-term, project-based, seasonal and contract-to-hire staffing through the EZ Temps division. Clients gain access to qualified professionals, employer-of-record support, and centralized workforce management. Revenue generated on a per-placement or hourly margin basis.
4. Interim & Fractional Hiring: Premium interim and fractional hiring for companies needing experienced leadership or specialized expertise without permanent full-time hires. Provides access to proven executives and professionals who can step in during growth, transition, vacancy, or change.
5. Leadership Advisory & Consulting: Leadership advisory and consulting services led by the company's award-winning leadership team. Helps companies strengthen communication, achieve greater alignment, and build healthier, higher-performing teams. Billed as professional consulting engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Boutique Recruiting is a staffing and executive search firm that places accounting, finance, construction, healthcare, biotech, legal, executive, and other professional candidates for U.S. and Canadian employers through contingent direct hire search, retained executive search, temporary/contract staffing (EZ Temps division), interim and fractional hiring, and leadership advisory consulting. The firm sells a placement service to employers rather than software or products, charging fees on successful hire or via retained executive engagements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EZ Temps: A temporary and contract staffing division offering short-term, project-based, seasonal and contract-to-hire staffing solutions with employer-of-record support and centralized workforce management.

Products and services

• Contingent Search / Direct Hire Placement Direct hire and permanent placement across all professional levels using the Boutique Recruiting Process. Employers pay a placement fee only upon successful hire with no upfront cost or engagement fee; fee typically structured as a percentage of placed candidate's first-year salary. Includes a 90-day guarantee.
• Retained Executive Search Premium dedicated executive search engagement for C-suite, VP, Director-level, confidential, and highly specialized roles. Requires upfront commitment and provides priority attention, deeper market mapping, and intensive partnership from start to finish; pricing negotiated individually based on role seniority and search complexity.
• EZ Temps Temporary & Contract Staffing Temporary and contract staffing division offering short-term, project-based, seasonal, and contract-to-hire professionals with employer-of-record support and centralized workforce management. Billed per-placement or hourly margin basis.
• Interim & Fractional Hiring Premium interim and fractional hiring for companies needing experienced leadership or specialized expertise without permanent full-time hires. Provides access to proven executives and professionals who step in during growth, transition, vacancy, or change.
• Leadership Advisory & Consulting Leadership advisory and consulting services led by the firm's award-winning leadership team. Helps companies strengthen communication, achieve greater alignment, and build healthier, higher-performing teams. Billed as professional consulting engagements.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8-10 day average time-to-fill versus 42-63 day industry average — a 75%+ reduction in hiring time
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hays plc: Hays is a global professional staffing firm placing candidates across accounting/finance, technology, construction, and life sciences. As a larger incumbent with international reach and similar vertical coverage, it represents a broader-market peer against which Boutique Recruiting competes for enterprise and multi-region clients.
• Randstad: Randstad is one of the world's largest staffing and HR services firms, offering temporary staffing, permanent placement, and RPO across professional and industrial segments. As a broad incumbent with significant resources and global reach, it competes for enterprise staffing contracts that Boutique Recruiting also pursues.

Direct peers

• Kforce: Kforce is a US professional staffing firm specializing in technology, finance and accounting, and government sectors with both direct-hire and temporary staffing models. The firm shares Boutique Recruiting's focus on professional placements in finance and accounting and competes for similar mid-market and enterprise clients.
• Robert Half: Robert Half is the dominant US staffing firm specializing in accounting, finance, and administrative placement, with both temporary staffing and direct-hire/permanent placement divisions. Boutique Recruiting explicitly cites Robert Half as a competitor in client references, making it the closest direct peer in core accounting/finance recruiting.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Heidrick & Struggles is a global executive search firm focused on senior leadership and C-suite placements across industries. Boutique Recruiting's retained executive search division for confidential and senior leadership roles competes directly with Heidrick in the same end market.
• Lucas Group: Lucas Group (now part of Korn Ferry) is a US executive search firm specializing in mid-to-senior level placements across accounting/finance, technology, manufacturing, and sales. Its retained search model and industry-vertical focus make it a comparable peer in Boutique Recruiting's executive and direct-hire recruiting segments.
• Insight Global: Insight Global is a large US staffing firm offering contract, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire placement across IT, accounting/finance, engineering, and healthcare. Its professional staffing focus and rapid-growth profile (Inc. 5000 hallmark) make it a comparable peer to Boutique Recruiting in mid-market direct-hire recruiting.
• Beacon Hill Staffing Group: Beacon Hill provides professional staffing across accounting/finance, technology, legal, healthcare, and creative fields with both direct-hire and contract staffing models. Its multi-vertical specialty staffing approach and contingent/retained search options align closely with Boutique Recruiting's horizontal segmentation across industries.
• Spencer Stuart: Spencer Stuart is a leading global executive search and leadership advisory firm focused on board, CEO, and senior executive placements. Its retained search model and confidential executive placements overlap with Boutique Recruiting's executive search and leadership advisory services.
• Accounting Principals / Ajilon: Accounting Principals (a division of Adecco) specializes in temporary and direct-hire placement of accounting and finance professionals. As a peer in Boutique Recruiting's core accounting and finance vertical, it competes for similar client engagements and passive candidate relationships.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/btqrecruit
• Facebookfacebook.com/boutiquerecruiting
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/boutique-recruiting
• Instagraminstagram.com/boutiquerecruiting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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